Rugby-Italy team to play England in Six Nations

Italy coach Conor O'Shea named the following team to play England in Saturday's Six Nations game at Twickenham with the returning number 8 Sergio Parisse to captain the side. 15-Jayden Hayward, 14-Edoardo Padovani, 13-Michele Campagnaro, 12-Luca Morisi, 11-Angelo Esposito, 10-Tommaso Allan, 9-Tito Tebaldi, 8-Sergio Parisse, 7-Abraham Steyn, 6-Sebastian Negri, 5-Dean Budd, 4-Federico Ruzza, 3-Simone Ferrari, 2-Luca Bigi, 1-Andrea Lovotti

Replacements: 16-Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17-Cherif Traore, 18-Tiziano Pasquali, 19-David Sisi, 20-Jake Polledri, 21-Guglielmo Palazzani, 22-Ian McKinley, 23-Tommaso Castello England coach Eddie Jones announced his team earlier on Thursday with winger Joe Cokanasiga and centre Ben Te'o set to start in a heavyweight England backline.

Italy, who are bottom of the standings, have never beaten England and have lost their last 20 matches in the competition. (Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru Editing by Toby Davis)

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